RAND Expert Biography
William Rosenau
Political Scientist
Expertise
Insurgency, intelligence, terrorism, counterterrorism
Recent Work
Future insurgency threats; improving U.S. counterinsurgency capabilities
Previous Positions
Senior Policy Adviser in the State Department's counter-terrorism office; professional staff member, Department of Defense Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; Special Assistant, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
Education
Ph.D. in war studies, King's College London; M.A. in history, Magdalene College, Cambridge University; A.B. in political science, Columbia University
Publications of Interest
Subversion and Insurgency, RAND Corporation, 2007
"Al-Qa'ida Recruitment Trends in Kenya and Tanzania," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Vol. 28, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2005
Internal Security Assistance to South Vietnam: Insurgency, Subversion, and Public Order, Routledge, 2005
"Waging the War of Ideas," in David Kamien, ed., The McGraw-Hill Homeland Security Handbook, McGraw-Hill, 2005
"U.S. Military Doctrine and Counterinsurgency," in International Institute for Strategic Studies, Strategic Survey 2003/4, Oxford University Press, 2004
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: Associated Press; BBC; CBS; Christian Science Monitor; Fox; Wall Street Journal
Commentary: Wall Street Journal
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
Top